Baroness Thatcher was thinking of the "Argentine mothers" on the
night the Falklands War ended.

Margaret Thatcher outside 10 Downing Street in 1982Photo: PA

6:31PM BST 14 Jun 2012

Ian Kydd, one of her former press officers, said he spoke privately to the then prime minister inside 10 Downing Street shortly before midnight on June 14 1982, a fear hours after a ceasefire had been announced.

He said she told him: "I am relieved I will be able to go to sleep tonight without worrying about those terrible Exocets – and I'm sure Argentine mothers will feel the same."

Mr Kydd – now 64 and retired – said her reference to "Argentine mothers" surprised him.